| Thalictrum alpinum L. | |
| Publ. & Syn. | L., Sp. Pl.: 545 (1753). Lectotype (LAPP): Sweden: "Lapland". Linnaean Lapland Herbarium 225 (Jonsell and Jarvis 1994: 162). |
| Notes | This is one of the most easily recognized and uniform species among Thalictrum. However, there is a slight morphological difference between Eurasian and North American (and Beringian) plants, especially in the shape of leaflets. |
| Chromosomes | (1) 14 (2x). - Europe (N, C), Russia (N), Siberia (N, S), Far East (N), Alaska, Canada, Greenland. - Numerous reports. (2) 21 (3x). - Alaska. - Johnson and Packer in Mooney and Johnson (1965). Johnson: Triploids were collected and counted repeatedly at Ogotoruk Creek in northwestern Alaska. They looked like the diploids and they were fertile. There is some mystery here worth investigating. |
| Geography | Amphi-Atlantic - European - Asian - amphi-Beringian - Cordilleran: ICE NOR RUS SIB RFE ALA CAN GRL. |
| Distribution | N = F AN = f AO = s C = R GW = f D = F Ic = f E = F WI = s HL = r FN = f CE = f CS = ? UN = f YK = r AW = s GE = f Kh = f CW = f Tm = s KP = s [ key ] |
| Parent taxon | Thalictrum L. |
| PAF ID | 360601 |